Tag: AMPAS
Predictions for 92nd Academy Awards Nominations – by Daniel Joyaux
Welcome to our annual deep dive into what we can expect to see with the Oscar nominations for the major categories. You can safely depend…
20 Films Selected for the Visual Effects Oscars Shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their shortlist for this year’s Oscars in the Best Visual Effects category. Later in the month,…
92nd Academy Awards: Submissions for Best International Feature Film
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has published the chosen films from their respective country to be shortlisted for Best International Feature…
International Feature Film, 5 Makeup Nominees, Netflix Allowed to Compete: the Academy Awards Are A-Changing (Ever So Slightly)
You may or may not have heard earlier today that there have been a few tweaks in the rules and eligibility from the Academy of…
Olivia Colman, Spike Lee, Alfonso Cuarón, Among the 91st Academy Awards Winners
Hello ladies and gentleman. I was your host this evening. Your first man, your hooded guide, your blacker-than-you driver. Here to clean up the dog…
Oscars Video: A Very Brief History of the Best Live Action Short Winners
The Best Live Action Short category has so much importance in Oscars history – Watch this video as only the tip of the iceberg.
Oscar Season: Sinking to the Occasion
Let’s face it, we’ve all seen better Oscar years. But have we seen worse ones? No, according to many despairing voices online, and the smarter…
Oscars: Foreign Language Film Submissions for 91st Academy Awards – and 10 to Bet On
The Academy Awards are still several months away, but Oscar commentary is a year-round gig and besides, they’ve just announced the films that are going to…
Mary Pickford: The Heart of the Movies in 50 Beats
So iconic, wonderful, inspiring, a treasure for all film-lovers, Mary Pickford might well be the most important woman in the history of cinema. So varied,…
Scorsese and the Oscars: So Many People Have Been Wishing This For Me (2004 – 2016)
Following the complete shutout for The Gangs of New York two years prior there may have been a touch of Academy guilt attached to the potential…
Scorsese and the Oscars: Furthering Film Education With Promising Period Pieces (1993 – 2002)
Martin Scorsese’s next motion picture proved he had enough, setting out to make a costume drama, an adaptation, real Oscar-bait — I’m joking of course….
Scorsese and the Oscars: Actors' Wins, For and Against (1973 – 1991)
Heading into the 1973 Oscars, up-and-coming actor Robert De Niro was hotly fancied for a Best Supporting Actor nomination. And he had two very good…
Filmotomy Oscars Quiz Results
I do believe the gold dust has just about settled on this year’s riveting awards season. That might be my cue then to announce the…
The 90th Academy Awards Showed Signs Of Moving Forward And Backwards
How do I explain how the 90th Academy Awards went? Well, for the most part, every award went according to plan which made the ceremony…
